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Allen’s Guide lists summer jobs for college students, teachers, and others that allow you to travel, learn new things, and have enriching experiences.
Travel, study, and work opportunities in 17 countries for 1, 2, or 3 months.
Unpaid internships at AFSC allow high school and college students to learn about the peace and justice issues at the core of the Service Committee’s work. Fellowships pay graduate students or recent college graduates for advanced study in specific areas related to Service Committee programs.
A list of summer internship and co-op experiences for undergraduates, compiled by the American Mathematical Society.
A compilation of summer opportunities for students interested in psychology research.
AmeriCorps is a network of local, state, and national service programs that connects more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet our country’s critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment.
Amizad encourages intercultural exploration and understanding through community-driven volunteer programs and service-learning programs. Programs in the Brazilian Amazon, Bolivian Andes, the Greater Yellowstone Region, and Australia.
The AMC offers a range of fun and rewarding employment opportunities — from full-time to seasonal positions and internships — in terrific locations throughout the Northeast. Volunteer opportunities also available.
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Find comprehensive, up-to-date national and international listings of arts employment and other opportunities in the arts. Areas of the arts include: Presenting, Producing, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Academic, Internships & Fellowships, Conferences, and Commissions, plus special feature columns. E-mail your name and year of graduation to cdo@vassar.edu and we will send you a username and password.
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Found on the Theater Communications Group (TCG) webpage. TCG is a national service organization that exists to strengthen, nurture and promote the not-for-profit American theater. TCG programs and services include: American Theater magazine, the ArtSEARCH employment bulletin, plays, translations and theater reference books; grants to theaters and theater artists.
E-mail your name and year of graduation to cdo@vassar.edu and we will send you a username and password.
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Are you looking for opportunities to work, play, learn, help, create, experience and grow worldwide? Backdoorjobs.com is simply about discovering life’s options and finding your place in the world (and that’s real exciting stuff).
A comprehensive listing of summer research opportunities in biotechnology and biological science, from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
A great website for learning about the publishing industry and locating jobs and internships.
BUNAC offers a range of opportunities including flexible work and travel programs to Britian, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and volunteering placements in South Africa, Peru, and Cambodia. These are open to full-time or gap year students and other young people from both the UK and the USA. Programs last from 8 weeks to eighteen months.
Summer Camp positions: check out this site if you want to be a camp counselor for the summer! Campstaff.com has listings across the United States, so chances are you can find a camp where you want to work.
Campus Progress, part of the Center for American Progress, works to help young people — advocates, activists, journalists, artists, and others — to make their voices heard on issues that matter. They also maintain a great list of internships, fellowships, and jobs of interest to students and graduates interested in this work.
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There are over 1000 books and binders within the CDO, categorically separated to help your internship, job, or post-graduate search. Some of the resources are career specific, broken down into particular fields of interest, while others are more general career reference materials. There are domestic and international listings, with tips on interviewing, finding housing, researching prospective companies or colleges, and study guides for standardized graduate school tests. You are encouraged to make full use of the assistance provided by the counselors and CDO peer advisers.
Independent, non-profit organization dedicated to a wider understanding and appreciation of indigenous peoples.
As the first film commission in the country, the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting is the one-stop shop for all production needs in New York City, including free permits, free public locations and free police assistance. Check out the “Reel Jobs” section for information about jobs and internships.
A widely popular relocation and job search resource, with apartment listings and message boards geared towards almost all major U.S. cities. Check out your city on the right hand menu.
Publishers of a downloadable resource guide that contains an assortment of internships, research opportunities and leadership development programs for undergraduate minority students.
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Search internships and jobs posted to and shared by schools in the Liberal Arts Career NetWORK (LACN). Classes of 2008 and later: Your username is your complete Vassar email address; to retrieve a password, click the Forgot Password link. Classes of 2007 and prior: Click the Alumni Registration link.
An online community by and for young, eager magazine editors and magazine-editor wannabes. Includes job and internship listings, events, “60 second mentor program,” and much more.
Entertainment jobs, internships and career information in the entertainment industry. Includes listings at Studios, Networks, Production Companies, Record Companies, TV and Radio Stations, VFX, Animation, Broadcasting, and more.
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The member’s only website of EntertainmentJobs.com. Includes a searchable jobs database and a stand alone searchable internships database. There is also an online company directory, resources section, career articles and more.
E-mail your name and year of graduation to cdo@vassar.edu and we will send you a username and password.
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To access Vassar’s database of jobs and internships, students must use the username and password provided by the CDO. Please note that orientations are no longer required to access the system.
Alumnae/i who want access to the eRecruiting database should send an email request to cdo@vassar.edu.
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The Everett Foundation provides financial support for 150 interns to work in public service organizations in New York and DC for 10 weeks during the summer.
Explorations in Travel provides volunteer work placements for students and adults from all over the world.
The Field Work Office at Vassar College can help you obtain academic credit for internships.
Partner with a grassroots organization in Latin America, East Africa, or India to improve a community’s social conditions, economic opportunities and overall environment. Gain practical hands-on experience, contribute your skills and talent, and make a difference through FSD’s flexible international programs for individuals and groups.
An international education and experiential travel resource. Our directories contain over 25,000 opportunities abroad updated daily including study abroad, internships, volunteer opportunities, teach abroad, language schools and much more.
Search for environmental jobs and internships nationwide.
Search for jobs and internships on and off Capitol Hill. Divided by party.
Hound.com is a free job-searching tool that tracks down live, active jobs from employer career pages. They concentrate on searching employer websites because that’s where nearly all of the real jobs are.
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Search for jobs, internships, volunteer opportunities with non-profit organizations in the US and aborad. Also, check out their Career Center section, with tips and advice for non-profit job seekers.
Indeed is a search engine for jobs. In one simple search, Indeed gives job seekers free access to millions of employment opportunities from thousands of websites. Indeed.com includes all the job listings from major job boards, newspapers, associations and company career pages - and continues to add new sites every day.
Places highly qualified university students and graduates from around the globe in internships with respected multinational companies in India.
American Council for Voluntary International Action. International volunteer and humanitarian action opportunities.
Interexchange is geared towards international students looking to find work in the US and abroad. This site is designed for you if you don’t have citizenship or a working visa (the program can provide you with J-1 clearance), and the site includes pages listing helpful federal regulations.
Search a variety of programs to intern, work, teach, study and volunteer abroad.
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The Career Development Office has the complete "The Internship Series" of books in the office library. However, you are able to search those books by clicking on the link that says "The Internship Series on Line." Please e-mail cdo@vassar.edu with your name and graduation year and we will send you a username and password.
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Search for internships by major/interest area and location. E-mail your name and year of graduation to cdo@vassar.edu and we will send you a promo code.
This organization places students in short (1-2 weeks) or longer (up to one year) placements in Europe, with the possibility of homestay.
This database summarizes and links to fellowships and internships in health policy and related fields. The database includes fellowships located across the United States that are available to undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals.
A resource for college students looking for summer work at camps.
The NACE International Student Virtual Career Fair is for students currently studying in the United States attending NACE-member colleges and universities who:
* wish to return to their home country for full-time or internship opportunities,
* are currently pursuing one-year Optional Practical Training (OPT) opportunities in the United States, and/or
* are currently pursuing summer Curricular Practical Training (CPT) internships in the United States
Candidate Access to apply to jobs: February 18, 2008 - May 16, 2008
Click here to register and begin searching opportunities!
A premier teacher of outdoor skills and leadership education; programs from 10 days to 1 semester.
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Research experiences for undergraduates in a variety of scientific fields at sites nationwide.
Apply for jobs, internships, Campus Ecology fellowships or volunteer positions today!
For decades Nature has featured the hottest science jobs. And since 1999, the careers magazine Naturejobs has guided scientists along their professional paths. Whatever scientific region, discipline, level or industry they’re in.
The Office for Fellowships and Pre-professional Advising at Vassar College has a variety of resources for students who wish to study law, medicine, dentistry, and veterinary medicine. Also coordinates the application process for fellowships requiring institutional support and provides information and assistance in the search for funding possibilities for study after Vassar.
Extensive listing of biological field stations nation and world-wide, including information about facilities, research/internship opportunities and programs, educational programs, contacts, etc.
Outward Bound is a non-profit educational organization with five core programs that change lives, build teams, and transform schools.
Database listing summer camp opportunities in the U.S., Canada, and around the globe… most of which employ college students.
Scenic Hudson is an environmental organization and land trust working to protect, preserve and restore the Hudson River and its riverfront as a public and natural resource. You can search for current job openings and volunteer opportunities.
Amherst College maintains an extensive list of undergraduate summer research programs in neuroscience, biology, and biomedical sciences. Also contains links to the lists maintained by other schools.
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A database of internship opportunities searchable by a variety of criteria.
A comprehensive site from the University of California, Irvine with links to all types from international opportunities, from internships to study away to volunteering and working.
Intensive 10-week summer program in which Vassar students explore original hands-on scientific research under faculty direction.
AFL-CIO organization mobilizes over 1,000 students, workers, and community activists onto the front lines of the U.S. labor movement.
Search for jobs and/or internships at the US EPA.
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V-NET is a database of Vassar alumnae/i and some parents (of students and alumnae/i) who have offered their volunteer services as “Career Advisers.” This means that they have made themselves available as volunteers to offer mentoring, internships, advice and guidance. This database replaces “CAP” and contains more than 2,000 individuals who updated their information very recently.
To access V-NET, you must first register with the AAVC Online Community.
Already registered? Search V-NET now!
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The Venture Consortium, a group of selective, private liberal arts colleges and universities, is dedicated to the development of innovative programs to complement the liberal arts curriculum. Our key objectives include fostering social awareness and a sense of social responsibility among students through experiential learning, and building mutually useful connections between institutions of higher learning and the larger community.
Also check out Venture’s site on exploring public interest work.